Colors like cafe au lait (slightly milky), black (like I drink it), and beyond. And I wanted to use some kidsilk haze I have lying around in this beautiful goldish colorway for said project, but no matter how many times I looked at it or tried to start designing, it wouldn’t happen.

Until now.

So I used two photographs I had snapped recently–one of coffee, and one of the kidsilk itself, as my “inspiration” for starting the color palette. And these are the results:

And its worked; despite really liking the olive green, it really doesn’t fit in the palette. And if I hadn’t made one, maybe I’d still hang onto it.

I might have to create color palettes more often. Maybe I’ll finally be inspired to come up with something in time for fall knitting.